1. Musical therapy R. Lakshmiprabha

2.  A clinical treatment that utilizes brain function, adaptation, sensory systems, audition, music elements and personal interaction to encourage social, cognitive and perceptual- motor areas  It is used to enhance a person’s communication skills.

3.  The use of music as a therapeutic tool for the restoration, maintenance and improvement of psychological, mental and physiological health.  Used for rehabilitation and maintenance of behavioral, developmental, physical and social skills.  Music Therapy attempts to address the way in which sensory information is processed, coded and interpreted by the brain.

4.  It is an effective form of nonverbal communication  It opens pathways for expression and learning.  It encourages one to explore a wider range of emotions and often leads to self-awareness.

5.  By using music and music-related activities, music therapy teaches the brain system to “adapt” and employ new and more functionally accommodating interpretations of sensory stimuli.

6.  Musical and non-musical stimuli are presented at a slower than average rate and in smaller quantities.  Verbal communication must be adjusted to the clients cognitive functioning.

7.  Music Therapy treatments for people with autism address:  Motor planning, tactile defensiveness, auditory function, audio-visual coordination, physical coordination,communication and language.  Creativity, social interaction, sense of self and others, self-initiative and body pacing and self- organization.

8.  Instrument Playing  Music Movement  Singing/Chanting

9.  As stroke therapy-rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS), which relies on the connections between rhythm and movement.  In heart disease  In epilepsy